Type Subsidiary Headquarters Le Locle Switzerland Founder Ulysse Nardin | Industry Watch manufacturing Area served Worldwide | |
Key people Patrik P. Hoffmann (CEO) Products Wristwatches, Writing Instruments & Accessories CEO Patrik P. Hoffmann (27 Apr 2011–) Founded 1846, Le Locle, Switzerland Profiles | ||
Ulysse Nardin is a luxury Swiss watch manufacturer founded in 1846 in Le Locle, Switzerland, which has remained in continuous production since. Ulysse Nardin has operated out of the same building headquartered in Le Locle, Switzerland since 1865. Historically, the company is best known for its manufacture of highly accurate marine chronometers supplied at one point during the 1800s to over fifty of the world's navies.
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History
Founding his company in 1846, Ulysse Nardin first trained in horology under his father, Leonard-Frederic Nardin, and perfected his skills under the tutelage of Frederic William Dubois and Louis JeanRichard-dit-Bressel, two master watchmakers whose fame extended beyond the mountains of Neuchatel, Switzerland.
Ulysse Nardin's marine chronometers have seen service with the navies of some 50 countries during the mid-1800s.
In 1983, the company was acquired by businessman Rolf Schnyder who, in conjunction with watchmaker Ludwig Oechslin, relaunched the brand. Schnyder and Oechslin would aim to produce complication timepieces using modern materials and manufacturing techniques.
In 2014, Ulysse Nardin was acquired by the Kering Group, formerly known as PPR.
Trilogy of Time
The first advancement of the company was the "Trilogy of Time". This collection incorporated three different astrological pieces starting in 1985 with the release of the Astrolabium Galileo Galilei. The Astrolabium displays local and solar time, the orbits and eclipses of the sun and the moon and the positions of several major stars. It was named by the Guinness Book of Records in 1989 as the world's most-functional watch (with 21 distinct functions). Dr. Oechslin then followed the Astrolabium up with two other astronomical watches: in 1988 the Planetarium Copernicus (named after the stargazing theaters called planetariums and of astronomer Copernicus) and in 1992 the Tellurium Johannes Kepler (named after the element tellurium and astronomer Johannes Kepler).
Sponsorships
In 2015, Ulysse Nardin announced its partnership with Team Artemis in the 2017 America's Cup.